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Wednesday, May 22. 2019

Hallmarks of white supremacy


They include "objectivity," "perfectionism," “sense of urgency,” “quantity over quality,” and “perfectionism.”


I am not sure what is meant by the quantity item, but these seem like, as we say, ordinary, cultural bourgeois values/standards/expectations, which are not endorsed by everybody. Fortunately, they are endorsed by enough people to provide for those who can not or do not. 


Posted by The Barrister in Education at 15:22 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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I saw this earlier today. Essentially anything having to do with functionality and productivity is considered the hallmark of "whiteness". I suppose the irony is lost on these people that these claims are really saying that non-whites are incapable of these things. I believe this used to be called the bigotry of low expectations.
#1 Abelard Lindsey on 2019-05-22 16:09 (Reply)
Most of the terms could be stated in a more positive way. Perfectionism might be called "thoroughness," or "high expectations." Urgency might be described as "prompt," or "efficient," or "focused." The purveyors of these ideas seem to be intentionally seeking the negative sides.

The secondary message is that it is culturally just as valid to be relaxed, fit in, be cool, not strive. Well, that may be so. We all have choices. But that choice includes people not inventing stuff, providing food, being available to provide medical care, putting up buildings, and the like. You can't have this both ways. The deep message underneath all this is that those things are automatic, and free, and just need to be distributed to everyone.

What a horrible thing to do to minority students.
#2 Assistant Village Idiot on 2019-05-22 17:04 (Reply)
I think Jonah Goldberg likes to call this 'not preaching what you practice'.

If one was cynical you could say they are discouraging other people from pursing these attributes on purpose, so as to maximize the rewards to those who ignore the instruction.
#2.1 Christopher B on 2019-05-23 09:29 (Reply)
Don’t forget cauliflower.
#3 Jm01 on 2019-05-22 17:06 (Reply)
It's funny that they're essentially discouraging "acting white" while acknowledging that white people rule the world and that non-whites are just helpless victims. Generally speaking, if you want to get what others have got, you do what they did to get it. If you've got the power to change the rules of the game, well, just how much of a helpless victim are you?
#4 Jerryskids on 2019-05-22 20:59 (Reply)
This latest Uncommon Knowledge with Thomas Sowell covers the impact of the loss of these attributes.

The contrasting of the different behavior during the 1965 and the 1977 NYC blackouts is telling. During the former crime went down. Twelve years later and they had looting.
#5 JK Brown on 2019-05-22 23:59 (Reply)
What is meant by "white supremacy" is Western Civilization.

It it an overt attack on W. Civ. We should acknowledge this and act appropriately.
#6 DrTorch on 2019-05-23 20:46 (Reply)

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